[Javapathfinder-devel] [POLL] : JPF property list separators

[Peter C. M. <Pet...@na...>]

unless I hear back from you, I'm considering to change the  
defaults.properties and *.jpf format to only use ',' as a list  
separator. The problem is that

  - ':' doesn't work for Windows paths
  - ' ' doesn't work for both Unix and Windows paths
  - ';' doesn't work if you have to specify Java signatures

That leaves us with the ' ', unless we introduce tons of different  
Config.getStringArray()/getPathStringArray()/getSignatureArray()...  
methods, or specify the delimiter pattern as a getStringArray()  
parameter (which is also bad because that opens the door to tons of  
inconsistent clients) . It seems much better to use one platform  
independent format for everything.

  ?? DOES ANYBODY KNOW A CASE WHERE ',' WOULD NOT WORK AS A LIST  
SEPARATOR ??

If so, please speak up

Thanks,
-- Peter